Batsheva
Feminine · “daughter of the oath”
Batsheva is daughter of the oath in Hebrew — and David's seeing her from a roof sets off the darkest sequence in his story.
How old is the name Batsheva?
Batsheva first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Batsheva is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,200 people named Batsheva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Batsheva most popular?
Batsheva peaked in 2012, reaching #1243 nationally. Today it ranks #2239, 996 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
Where it comes from
From bat sheva to Batsheva
The story of Batsheva
2 Samuel has David see her bathing, send for her, and then arrange her husband's death; Nathan's parable of the poor man's lamb follows. She later secures the throne for Solomon. Batsheva is the Hebrew form, standard in Israel and Orthodox communities, and is in current American use.
Meaning
daughter of the oath
From the Hebrew Bat-Sheva — bat, 'daughter', and sheva, 'oath' or 'seven'. Hebrew idiom links swearing to the number seven, so the two senses are one. The English Bathsheba is the same name. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- bat sheva
- Batsheva
Related forms: בת שבע · Bathsheba · Basheva
Pronouncing Batsheva
baht-SHEH-vah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. English Bathsheba is bath-SHEE-buh.
Nicknames for Batsheva
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 2012195 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1243reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −9.9%82 in 2025, from 91
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Batsheva in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- בת שבע in Hebrew — transliteration
- Bathsheba in English — related form
- Basheva in Yiddish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New Jersey, New York, California.
Batshevas among us
people named Batsheva are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,601 born in 2025 was named Batsheva
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lashay test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Batsheva's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lashay climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lashay's path sketches the road Batsheva is walking now.
Batsheva sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Batsheva is headed
Batsheva should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Batsheva beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Batsheva in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That oath and seven are the same idea in Hebrew is a genuinely fine detail.
- She secures the succession for her son, which is real agency.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The biblical episode is one of the darkest in the books of Samuel.
- Bathsheba is what English speakers will recognize.
- The Bat clipping is unfortunate in English.
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Frequently asked
- How many Batshevas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Batsheva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Batsheva in 2025?
- Batsheva ranks #2239 among US girl names in 2025, with 82 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Batsheva?
- About 1 in every 19,601 US girls born in 2025 was named Batsheva — 82 in all.
- Will my child share the name Batsheva with classmates?
- Batsheva will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Batsheva
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